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Wave died because no one (not even developers) understood what it is or what applications could it have outside of mail.
Wave was great for project management. It was project management without the rigid structure.
The Url below the keep me posted link on plus.google.com is: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleplus/ services.google.com/FB I really would love to know what the FB stands for.
From plus.google.com: > Google+ is in limited Field Trial Right now, we're testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google+ project is ready for everyone. Leave us your email address and we'll make sure you're the first to know when we're ready to invite more people. WHY?! WHY are they doing this again? They did this with Wave. Google, you cannot launch a social network while explicitly…
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I think Facebook's biggest failure is that they've never educated people on how to use Facebook well, and honestly, they have likely inadvertently encouraged bad practices with their emphasis on growth. For example, why do you have friends on FB you barely know in reality? You should only have your genuine friends on Facebook. This simple rule solves the "annoying status update from someone I don't care about" proble…
I instantly dismiss people who complain about this as morons. Why add people you don't know and _then_ complain about it? If you only add your actual friends, Facebook is a pretty good experience. It's not perfect, you still have a to block a few apps, but once done it's not a bad place.
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The solution is simple: move away from using Google for searches. There are alternatives like Bing, Yahoo and Duck Duck Go.
Don't Yahoo and DDG use Bing for their search results? If so, Bing is the only alternative on your list.
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The solution is simple: move away from using Google for searches. There are alternatives like Bing, Yahoo and Duck Duck Go.
Don't Yahoo and DDG use Bing for their search results? If so, Bing is the only alternative on your list.
From plus.google.com: > Google+ is in limited Field Trial Right now, we're testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google+ project is ready for everyone. Leave us your email address and we'll make sure you're the first to know when we're ready to invite more people. WHY?! WHY are they doing this again? They did this with Wave. Google, you cannot launch a social network while explicitly…
I think Google simply sucks at anything remotely related to social networking.
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I instantly dismiss people who complain about this as morons. Why add people you don't know and _then_ complain about it? If you only add your actual friends, Facebook is a pretty good experience. It's not perfect, you still have a to block a few apps, but once done it's not a bad place.
If you are in the high school - college - internships - jobs life stage that lots of Facebook users are in, you have a high friend turnover rate. You meet lots of people who you want to add on Facebook, then later maybe you want to keep them around so you can see what they're up to but don't want their posts mixed in with posts from your current close friends. And there's a thousand variations and stages in between.
I also think if you're adding people to your Facebook that have anything to do with your employment you're insane.
But maybe it is because I am 30+ that these distinctions to me seem very clear.
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i just got an invite and am instantly bored. i already have a news feed, i already have a way to share pictures, i already have a place to share links and i already have a way to chat with friends. on the + side (hah! get it??), the ui looks nice, so hopefully this means google with start paying more attention to the look and feel of their applications.
I distrust Facebook so much that I dont have a news feed, I dont have a way to share my pictures (because who wants to share 1024x768 resolution pictures with their friends? ffs why do I then have a 15mp camera?) and I have skype to chat with friends. Google+ is refreshing, it shows social networking can be better.
Hundreds of millions of people, apparently. Anyway, you can download the high res image nowadays via the link below the picture.